Look up: Aurora

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   aurora
   A glow in a planet's ionosphere caused by the interaction between the planet's magnetic field and charged particles from the Sun.
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   Aurora
   (Latin) dawn; this word is the same as the name of a goddess of the Dawn in Roman mythology.
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   Aurora
   A faint visual phenomenon associated with geomagnetic activity, which occurs mainly in the high-latitude night sky; typical auroras are 100 to 250 km above the ground.
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   Aurora
   Aurora was goddess of the dawn. She was the daughter of Hyperion and Theia, and sister of Helios and Selene.
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   Aurora
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   Aurora
   A colorful, rapidly varying glow in the sky caused by the collision of charged particles in the magnetosphere with atoms in the Earth's upper atmosphere. Auroras are most often observed at high latitudes and are enhanced during geomagnetic storms.
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   Aurora
   [n] - an atmospheric phenomenon consisting of bands of light caused by charged solar particles following the earth`s magnetic lines of force 2. [n] - goddess of the dawn
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   Aurora
   'Polar lights' which occur in the Earth's upper atmosphere, caused by particles emitted by the Sun causing gas molecules in Earth's atmosphere to glow. Aurora Borealis are seen above the North Pole, Aurora Australis above the South.
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   Aurora
   aka Northern Lights - The different coloured lights which are visible at night above the Earth's poles.
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    Aurora
    A glow in the Earth's ionosphere caused by the interaction between the Earth's magnetic field and charged particles from the Sun (The Solar Wind). It gives rise to the 'Northern Lights', or Aurora Borealis, in the Northern Hemisphere, and the Aurora Australis in the Southern Hemisphere.
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    Aurora
    A faint visual phenomenon associated with geomagnetic activity,which occurs mainly in the high-latitude night sky; typical auroras are 100 to 250 kmabove the ground.The name comes from an older one, 'aurora borealis' (Latin for 'northern dawn') given because an aurora near the northern horizon (its usual location when seen in most of Europe) looks ...
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    Aurora
    In Roman mythology, goddess of the dawn (Greek Eos). Preceded by her sons, the fresh morning winds, she would fly or drive a chariot across the sky to announce the approach of Apollo's chariot...
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    Aurora
    ['The Aurora Or-Parallel Prolog System', E. Lusk et al, Proc 3rd Intl Conf on Fifth Generation Comp Systems, pp. 819-830, ICOT, A-W 1988].
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    aurora
    luminous phenomenon which appears in the high atmosphere,mmainly in high latitudes, in the form of rays, arcs, bands, draperies, or corona. Category: The cosmos
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    Aurora
    Au·ro'ra noun ; plural English Auroras Latin (rarely used) Aurorĉ [ Latin aurora , for ausosa , akin to Greek ..., ..., dawn, Sanskrit ushas , and English east .] 1. The rising light of the morning; the dawn of day; the redness of the sky just before the sun rises. 2. The rise, dawn, or beginning. Hawthorne. 3. ...
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    aurora
    Origin: L. Aurora, for ausosa, akin to Gr, dawn, Skr. Ushas, and E. East. ... 1. The rising light of the morning; the dawn of day; the redness of the sky just before the sun rises. ... 2. The rise, dawn, or beginning. ... 3. The Roman personification of the dawn of day; the goddess of the morning. The poets represented her a rising out of the ocean, i ...
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    Aurora
    noun (Roman mythology) goddess of the dawn; counterpart of Greek Eos
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    aurora
    noun an atmospheric phenomenon consisting of bands of light caused by charged solar particles following the earth`s magnetic lines of force
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    Aurora
    `Aurora` most commonly refers to: * Aurora (astronomy), a glow in the sky seen at polar latitudes * Aurora (mythology), the goddess of the dawn in Roman mythology `Aurora` may also be:
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    Aurora
    • (n.) A species of crowfoot. • (n.) The rising light of the morning; the dawn of day; the redness of the sky just before the sun rises. • (n.) The rise, dawn, or beginning. • (n.) The aurora borealis or aurora australis (northern or southern lights). • (n.) The Roman personification of the dawn of day; the goddess of the m...
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    Aurora
    (from the article `Guercino, Il`) In 1621 Guercino went to Rome, where he played an important role in the evolution of Roman High Baroque art. Among many other commissions, he ...
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    Aurora
    (from the article `Kisfaludy, Károly`) ...Suitors`). He stepped into the literary leadership left vacant by Ferenc Kazinczy`s gradual withdrawal from his active career, and, in 1822, ...
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    Aurora
    (from the article `Böhme, Jakob`) Germinating for several years, the insight led him to commit his thoughts to paper, at first for his own use. The manuscript was entitled Aurora, ...
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    Aurora
    (from the article `Saint Petersburg`) Just to the east of the Peter-Paul Fortress, where the Bolshaya Nevka River begins, the cruiser Aurora is permanently moored as a museum and training ...
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    Aurora
    (from the article `Stirling, William Alexander, 1st Earl of, Viscount Of Canada, Viscount Of Stirling, Lord Alexander Of Tullibody`) When King James VI of Scotland ascended the English throne as James I in 1603, Alexander attended his court in London. He there wrote, in 1604, his ...
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